#1Famous people · Stillington, County Durham
Anthony Carlisle tops a list of 2 famous people born in Stillington
Most widely known is Anthony Carlisle, the British surgeon, with articles in 20 languages. The only other name is the association football player Lem Newcomb. Anthony Carlisle (1768) and Lem Newcomb (1903) mark the two ends of the list. Within 4 mi, Stockton-on-Tees lists the most: 219, with Colin Renfrew first.
Born here
2
notable people
Best known
Anthony Carlisle
in 20 Wikipedia languages
First
1768
Anthony Carlisle
Youngest
1903
Lem Newcomb
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 people
The best known
Born in Stillington
#1LN#2
Known for
What Stillington is known for
Science & Medicine leads the fields, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed across UK towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 miles of Stillington, with how many people each has.
Stockton-on-Tees · 4 miColin Renfrew & 218 more
Billingham · 5 miJamie Bell & 24 more
Sedgefield · 4 miMark Gatiss & 14 moreMDTrimdon · 6 miMalcolm Dawes & 9 more
Newton Aycliffe · 6 miJason Steele & 7 more
Egglescliffe · 6 miCec Parkin & 3 more
Bishop Middleham · 6 miHenry Taylor & 2 morePWFishburn · 5 miPaul Ward & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Stillington
Who is the most famous person from Stillington?
Anthony Carlisle (British surgeon) is the best known by our measure: Wikipedia has an article about them in 20 languages. Next come Lem Newcomb.
How many famous people were born in Stillington?
2 people born in Stillington have an English Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace.
What is Stillington known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 7% across UK towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Stillington?
Anthony Carlisle, born in 1768. The youngest on the list was born in 1903.
Who counts as from Stillington?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Stillington’s built-up area (the ONS 2022 boundary), a hospital or district within it included, whose English Wikipedia article agrees. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a bigger area (“London”), another town, or missing, or their article may give no birthplace. We only list people both sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are placed in the town by the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary (Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0). Ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across UK towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (7)
- Anthony Carlisle: Henry Bone (6 Feb 1755-17 Dec 1834), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colin Renfrew: Portable Antiquities Scheme from London, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jamie Bell: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Gatiss: zeropuntosedici (Sara Zizza), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Steele: Jon Candy from Cardiff, Wales, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cec Parkin: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henry Taylor: Julia Margaret Cameron, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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